Chin’s Butterfly Gallery
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Common name: Lime Butterfly.
Latin name: Papilio demoleus malayanus.
Wingspan: about 8–9cm.
Range: Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Australia.
Habitat: gardens and scrubland near human settlements.
Food plants: A variety of Rutaceae, including Citrus. See life history pix.
PAPILIONIDAE ~ PAPILIONINAE ~ PAPILIONINI

The Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus)
Papilio demoleus malayanus (2)
The Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus). © Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.

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This page revised on 19 February 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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